Day: 5 September 2025
The Play That Goes Wrong channels Fawlty Towers for a night of organised chaos
When an ensemble of accident-prone actors take on a murder mystery performance, everything that can go wrong… does. But amount of chaos can crush their spirits, as they battle the odds to make it to their final curtain call – by any means necessary. Never has a play gone so wrong, yet felt so right….
Rise Against prove they’ve still got it with tenth album Ricochet
Few bands wear their convictions as proudly as Rise Against. For over two decades, the Chicago rockers have been a voice of fury and hope, delivering anthem after anthem and balancing urgency with melody. Now, with their tenth studio album Ricochet, they’ve taken a huge leap forward. Produced by Catherine Marks (Boygenius, Wolf Alice, Frank…
The Last Dinner Party will return to Australia in January 2026
London art-pop sensations The Last Dinner Party will return to Australia in January 2026 for a national headline tour. Following their acclaimed debut Prelude to Ecstasy and sold-out shows across Europe and North America, the band are set to bring their celebrated live show back to Australian stages. The Last Dinner Party are one of…
Hamlet; Riz Ahmed dominates unrelenting modern-day telling of Shakespeare’s classic: Toronto International Film Festival Review
From the opening sequence of Aneil Karia‘s Hamlet it’s evident that the Shakespeare tale we know won’t be simply rehashed on screen. This isn’t your school production or even Broadway, with Karia maintaining the classic tongue of the prose, but bringing its setting to modern day London within the South Asian community. Following the moment…
Film Review: Splitsville; self-advertised “unromantic comedy” finds its humour in its surprising earnestness
If you are one of the many audience members seemingly disappointed that Dakota Johnson‘s love triangle with Chris Evans and Pedro Pascal’s in Materialists earlier in the year wasn’t as romantic as you were led to believe, then it’s possible that Michael Angelo Covino‘s Splitsville may be the antidote. Of course, this self advertised “unromantic…
Interview: Michael Angelo Covino on finding the emotional truth in the absurd comedy of Splitsville
Embracing the “unromantic comedy”, writer/director Michael Angelo Covino assembles one of this year’s finest ensembles for Splitsville, a riotous, emotional dramedy about the perils of honesty and intimacy within relationships. When Ashley (Adria Arjona) asks for a divorce, the good-natured Carey (Kyle Marvin) runs to his friends, Julie (Dakota Johnson) and Paul (Covino) for support….
New Music Discoveries 5th September: Fanny Lumsden, The Rions, Austra, and more
It’s the first week of Spring and we have ten more tracks to add to our Discovery playlist on Spotify and Apple Music. Fresh from a successful jaunt touring across Europe, Fanny Lumsden takes home our Track of the Week with her new single “Look At Me Now”. “Look At Me Now”, recorded on the…
